Cook v. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION HEATHER MOORE COOK, as } Executor of the Estate of MAL M. } MOORE, deceased, } } Plaintiff, } } Case No.: 2:15-cv-00529-MHH v. } } PAR PHARMACEUTICAL, INC, } } Defendant. } MEMORANDUM OPINION1 This Alabama wrongful death action is before the Court on defendant Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.’s motion for summary judgment. (Doc. 78). Par, the manufacturer of a generic anti-arrhythmic heart medication known as amiodarone, argues that federal law preempts, and Alabama’s learned-intermediary doctrine bars, plaintiff…